Gail Walton has held the position of Director of Music at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart at the University of Notre Dame since 1988.

Dr. Walton holds degrees from Westminster Choir College and the Eastman School of Music, where she earned the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Organ Performance. The Eastman School also awarded her the prestigious Performer's Certificate in Organ. She has studied with David Craighead, Russell Saunders, William Hays and Andre Marchal.

Dr. Walton has performed throughout the Midwestern United States and in the summer of 1991 played concerts in the German cities of Bonn, Heidenheim, Mainz and Rottenburg/Neckar. In the summer of 1995 she took the Notre Dame Liturgical Choir on a tour of Italy, including appearances in Florence, Milan, Assisi and Rome.

Dr. Walton has taught organ at Goshen College since 1986, and serves as director of the University of Notre Dame Liturgical Choir and the Basilica Schola. She is married to the organist Craig Cramer, with whom she frequently plays duo recitals.

Andrew McShane is the Assistant Organist at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart at the University of Notre Dame. In addition to serving as Basilica Organist, he is Director of the Notre Dame Women's Choir, Assistant Director of the Notre Dame Liturgical Choir, and a member of the Basilica Schola.

Andrew earned the Bachelor of Music degree in Church Music at Wayne State University in Detroit as a student of Ray Ferguson. At the University of Notre Dame he earned the Master of Music degree in Organ Performance and Literature as a student of Craig Cramer and Gail Walton.

In addition to his Basilica responsibilities, Dr. McShane is a member of the Notre Dame Collegium Musicum and Notre Dame Schola Musicorum -- groups which exclusively perform early vocal music. Dr. McShane also teaches in the Diocese of Ft. Wayne-South Bend Organist Training Program.

Dr. McShane has held positions in Livonia, Detroit and Redford, Michigan, as well as in Cedar Grove, New Jersey, and South Bend, Indiana.